Plate-drainer and dish-pan.



W. A. DAWSON. PLATE DRAINER AND DISH PAN.

. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 12.1917- 1',236,061

Patented Aug. 7-, 1917.

gwewtoz WILLIAM A. DAWSON, OF BOULDER, COLORADO.

PLATE-DRAIN ER AND DISH-PAN.

Application filed January 12, 1917.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lVILLIAM A. DawsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boulder, in the county of Boulder, State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Plate-Drainer and Dish-Pan; and I do hereby declare the 'following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inven tion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to the art of kitchen and cooking utensils, and more especially to a combined improved plate drainer and dish pan, and an object of the invention is to provide a device of this kind, whereby the plates or the like may be arranged on the drainer, so that hot water that is poured upon the dishes or the like may drain off into the dish pan, that is, subsequently to having washed the dishes in the pan.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cross bar having legs at both ends, and adjustably connected to the under surface of the drainer, whereby the cross bar may be adjusted, so that the legs may extend downwardly, or be collapsed adjacent the under surface of the drainer.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for detachably connecting one of the legs to the cross bar, so that the cross bar may be removed, hence, cause the removal of both of the legs.

In practical fields, the details of construction may necessitate alterations falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a dish pan and a drainer combined.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the combined dish pan and drainer.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a transverse bar, showing an integral leg and a detachable leg.

Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of another form.

Fig. 5 is a sectional View on line 55 of Fig. 4.

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 designates a conventional form of dish pan, the flange 2 of which is provided with a segment slot 3, and 4 denotes the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 7, 1917.

Serial No. 142,008;

drainer. The drainer is constructed of any suitable sheet metal and comprises the bottom 5, the side flanges 6 and an end flange 7 (which may or may not be provided with a ledge 8, on which dishes or the like 9, as shown in Fig. 5, may rest) which is integrally connected to the side flange, thereby insuring a rigid structure. The side flanges 6 and the bottom may be connected integrally or soldered, as shown, to the flange 2 of the dish pan, whereby the side flanges may merge into the ends of the segment slot 3, and the bottom into the lower edge of said slot, so that the hot water or the like may drain through the slot into the dishpan. The soldering of the sides or flanges 6 and the bottom of the drainer may be accomplished just where the flanges and the bottom of the drainer merge into the ends and the lower edge of the slot, as shown at 15 and 16. The bottom of the drainer may be provided with longitudinal or transverse drain corrugations 10, preferably extending longitudinally, to facilitate the draining of the fluid or hot water back into the dishpan. However, if the corrugations extend transversely, they are joined at their ends, as shown in Fig. 4, thereby providing a single corrugation runnlng in an undulated or zigzag fashion.

The corrugations running transversely, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, will be engaged by the dishes or the like to prevent them from slipping. Secured to the under face of the drainer by means of soldering or the like, is a strap 17 provided with an arched portion 18 rectangular in cross section. A transverse bar or piece 19 is provided. This bar has a central portion 20 rectangular in cross section and cylindrical end portions 21 and 22. The cylindrical part 21 terminates in a downwardly extending leg 23 having a foot 24, and which leg 23 may be connected to the cylindrical part 21 in any suitable manner, integrally or detachably. The cylindrical part 22 has a reduced extension 25, rectangular in cross section, and from this part 25, a threaded reduced additional extension 26 protrudes. The rectangular part 25 extends through a correspondingly shaped opening 27 of the detachable leg 28, there being a nut 30 to be threaded on the extension 26 to hold the leg in place. The leg 28 has a foot 29 similar to the foot 24. It is to be observed that when the combined drainer and dishpan. is in use, the

rectangular part 20 engages the rectangular arch 18 of the strap 17, thereby holding the legs 23 and 28 in vertical positions. However, to facilitate the shipping of the dishpan and the drainer, the bar or strip 19 may be moved longitudinally through the arch 18 until one or the other of the cylindrical portions engage the arch; hence, by imparting a partial turn to the strip or bar, say, for instance, a quarter turn, and returning the rectangular portion 2 0 in engagement with the arch, the legs may be held adjacent the bottom of the drainer. The flange 2 of the dishpan at a point diametrically opposite the drainer, has secured thereto, by means of rivets or the like, 31, an ear 32, which may extend vertically upwardly, or curved outwardly and downwardly, or otherwise disposed. By grasping this ear and the end flange 7 of the drainer, the pan and drainer may be lifted from one place to another. The upper portion of the flange 0f the dishpan and the side flanges 6 and the end flange 7 of the drainer are turned into rolls 12, for the re ception of a stiflening wire 14:, thereby insuring rigidity for the structure. Where the drainer is connected to the dishpan, a curved bar or piece 33 is provided, also having a roll and stiffening wire or rodBA and 35, to prevent the dishes or the like from slipping into the dishpan from the drainer.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as newand useful, is

In combination, a dishpan, a drainer connected to the flange of the dishpan, a strap having an angular arch secured to the bottom of the drainer, a transverse bar having legs at its opposite ends, said bar having end cylindrical portions, and an intermediate portion angular in cross section to correspond with and engage said arch to hold the legs vertically downwardly, or adjacent the bottom of the drainer.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM A. DAWSON.

Witnesses:

SAWYER D. CLARK, HENRY A. REIBER.

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